diff --git a/ion/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/ion/IonFactory.java b/ion/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/ion/IonFactory.java
index 76605e3b9..eb081a753 100644
--- a/ion/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/ion/IonFactory.java
+++ b/ion/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/ion/IonFactory.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 package tools.jackson.dataformat.ion;
 
 import java.io.*;
-import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 
 import tools.jackson.core.*;
@@ -267,16 +266,6 @@ public JsonParser createParser(ObjectReadContext readCtxt,
                 _decorate(ioCtxt, in));
     }
 
-    @Deprecated // since 2.20
-    @Override
-    public JsonParser createParser(ObjectReadContext readCtxt, URL url) {
-        // true, since we create InputStream from URL
-        InputStream in = _optimizedStreamFromURL(url);
-        IOContext ioCtxt = _createContext(_createContentReference(url), true);
-        return _createParser(readCtxt, ioCtxt,
-                _decorate(ioCtxt, in));
-    }
-
     @Override
     public JsonParser createParser(ObjectReadContext readCtxt, InputStream in) {
         IOContext ioCtxt = _createContext(_createContentReference(in), false);